How can I not suck at my job?
>be me
>need money
>apply for web-dev job
>get accepted.
>first day, my boss sits me next to someone who works there full time. Tells me to work on some project with him.
>Every day after gives me no directions whatsoever.
>continue to sit next to him, because I don't know what else to do.
>do this for 3 weeks.
>today, he tells me to be more independent.
>say ok and asks what he wants me to do.
>gives me an abstract vision of his goals while telling me I have to implement them using certain design patterns
>don't know what the fuck he's talking about.
I've only made a single commit in 3 weeks and I'm pretty sure I'm going to get fired from this job.
I don't know what this guy want, and even if I did, I wouldn't know how to give him what he wants.
Any advice for dealing with bosses that want you to do work, but never assign any?
How can I not suck at my job?
ask him to write a list of requirements for whatever it is he wants you to make
First you need to be proactive, If you didnt understand the task you need to ask for more information until you get the job done. If you're unaware of design pattern you need to seek online, today's "thing" in development is design pattern.
Ask for help from the older guy, show to everyone that you want to be helpfull. If you was hired, someone saw potential in you
if you can't turn abstract requirements into actionable code you should just quit and apply for starbucks. worthless coders like you cripple teams.
He needs to be able to ask for help. I still do after years because senior devs know a fuck ton more then me, and asking for help means less time spent on coding and less time for them to review my code before it is pulled.
good idea. I'll give that a shot.
I've definitely made an attempt to be helpful. I try making suggestions, and I'm trying to be independent. I just don't really understand how to delegate the tasks. Like today I asked the older guy if there was anything I could do, he just told me where he got stuck on this one problem, so I told him I would take a look at it. An hour later, he solved it anyways.
Probably. I'd get paid more at starbucks, and I bet life would be more enjoyable.
what webdev job pays less than starbucks? lol get out of there, they probably suck ass
well I'm probably exaggerating, but I don't get paid that much. I do have to drive an hour and half (there and back) each day, so it's probably not worth it.
Do you have experience with angular?
I now have some experience, and I understand pretty much the main idea of it.
Do I know what components and services are? yes.
Can I create and modify small components and service? yes.
Could I create a large project from scratch? no.
Its better to ask for clarification and help and sound like a dumbass than to get nothing done and look like an even bigger dumbass. I’ve never written code in my life and I know exactly what kind of person you’re dealing with, I’m sure they’re in every field. Just gotta roll with it and make mistakes so you can learn
There is a good series for angular on YouTube. Search for fireship. Quick tutorials with links to git and an extended documentation. It helped me with nxjs in example.
are you qualified to be a web developer? If you've sat next to someone for 3 weeks watching them work and still don't know how to contribute, it doesn't sound like you have any experience.
true. I hate not knowing what to do more than anything. I can't just keep ignoring the problem.
will watch it. Need all the help I can get.
No. I told them in the interview the only programming language I've worked with was c++. Definitely not qualified. Just everyone else who interviewed was way worse.
>How can I not suck at my job?
>apply for web-dev job
Choose one. Web, especially js is simply shit used by retards that can't understand something else and use an insane amount of cpu/ram to work.
Ok, next time I develop a website I'll use c++.
Watch them work and do what they do. Figure out what you need to do and what will help them. He sounds like an absolute shitter, by the way. Do his job better than him and get promoted then treat him like a bitch
I'm 22 making six figures doing this shit. Listen, all you gotta do is spend a shit ton of time on your own researching the frameworks and libraries they use at your job. Learn angular like the back of your hand. Are they doing scrum? Elect to take some stories and do your best to do them independently. If you get stuck, ask a senior guy for advice
Sometimes I think he's bad. He seems to want to implement functionality only because he heard about it in some webinar or something. But I'm also shit rn, so I can't complain.
I believe we're using agile, but tbh I don't really know what the hell agile or scrum really is. They seem like business buzzwords to me for get your work done. Which I can't do because I'm not assigned any work.
Regardless if you think it's stupid, you should definitely read the Scrum book. It's essential to know it in this industry, and if you don't know how the business processes work there's no way you can succeed
True. I will read the scrum book. Although, I'm really starting to question if Software Engineering is for me. It's so much different than I expected it to be. Maybe that will change once I start contributing more, but it just feels so strange.
